Poly Ibadan Manufactures Ventilator, Smart Hand Washer
News Investigators/ The department of Mechatronics of the Polytechnic, Ibadan, has manufactured a Ventilator and a Smart Hand Washer as part of efforts to combat the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Rector of More...
Covid-19: Nigeria Records 553 New Cases, Total Infections Is 9855
News Investigators/ Nigeria has recorded its highest number of new COVID-19 infections since the outbreak of the disease with 553 new cases. Lagos State, the epicentre of the disease in the country, recorded More...
Banditry: Tambuwal Updates Buhari On Sabon-Birni Massacre
News Investigators/ Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has met with President Muhammadu Buhari to update him on the May 27 massacre that occurred in Sabon-Birni, Northeast of the State. News Agency of Nigeria More...
EU Seeks Tougher China Policy Ahead Of Possible Summits
News Investigators/ European Union Foreign Ministers on Friday sought to toughen their strategy on China to counter Beijing’s increasingly assertive diplomacy and accelerate efforts to end unfettered access for More...
Excited Plateau Rural Community Celebrates First Borehole
News Investigators/ Residents of Nghar, a rural community in Barkin Ladi Local Government of Plateau, on Friday trooped to the village square to celebrate the first borehole ever sunk in the community.The villagers, More...
One Year On: Gov. Inuwa Yahaya Is Walking The Talk
By Ismaila Uba Misilli “We are not unmindful of our promises to the good people of Gombe State. This administration is determined to confront head-on all the issues bedevilling our state. We shall take advantage More...
Man, Girlfriend Bag Jail Terms For Stealing 64 Chickens
News Investigators/ A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State has jailed a 35-year-old man, Abdullahi Sani, and his 20-year-old girlfriend, Sarah Paul, for stealing 64 chickens. The police charged More...
UK Based NGO Offers Rural Nigerian Children Free Library, IT Training
News Investigators/ A United Kingdom based non-profit organisation, The Rural Gems (TRG) with operational office in Nigeria has expressed its willingness to transform the lives of rural Nigerian children through More...
EFCC Docks Man For N33.5m Forex Scam In Uyo
News Investigators/ The Uyo Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, arraigned one Okoro Chukwudi Goodluck before Justice Charles Ikpe of the State High Court, sitting in More...
Gombe Discharges Another Batch Of 153 Almajiris After 2- Week Quarantine
GOMBE/News Investigators/ Gombe state government has discharged another batch of 153 almajiri children who tested negative to coronavirus after the two weeks mandatory quarantine period at its Amada facility in More...
Buhari’s Purported Directive On Abba Kyari’s Memos Is Fake News – Presidency
News Investigators/ The Presidency has declared as untrue and fake news, a media report that President Muhammadu Buhari had ordered the cancellation of 150 memos and appointments signed by his former Chief of Staff, More...
El – Rufai Vows To Jail Parents Who Enroll Children Into Almajiri System
News Investigators/ Gov. Nasir El-Rufa’i of Kaduna State has warned that parents who enroll their children into the Almajiri education system stand the risk of prosecution and up to two years jail. Mr. El-Rufa’i More...
Bayern Munich’s Thiago To Miss Top Game At Borussia Dortmund Through Injury
News Investigators/ Bayern Munich midfielder Thiago Alcantara has been ruled out of Tuesday’s Bundesliga top game against Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich’s coach Hansi Flick said on Monday. This came to More...
COVID-19 And Indirect Primary: Will INEC Conduct Indirect Governorship Elections?
By John Mayaki An article on StearsBusiness defined a primary election as “a mini-election where a political party elects its preferred candidate to run for public office under its platform.” The article, More...
Covid-19: Gombe Discharges 44 Almajiris After 2-Weeks Quarantine
News Investigators/ Gombe state has discharged another set of Almajiri children from the Amada quarantine camp having tested negative to coronavirus after completing their two weeks quarantine period. The forty-four More...
EDO 2020: Who Determines The Modalities For APC Gubernatorial Primary Election?
By Charles Omorodion “Real liberty is neither found in despotism nor the extremes of democracy but in moderate governments” – Alexander Hamilton. In a vivacious democracy, the Party Constitution More...
Magu Assures Diasporans Of Protection Of Local Investments
The Acting Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Magu has assured Nigerians in the diaspora of business protection at home, stressing that local fraudsters frustrating More...
ANALYSIS: PAP Bureau, Regional Caucuses Assess COVID-19 Impact
By Michael JegedeThe Bureau of Pan-African Parliament (PAP) held a virtual meeting with chairpersons of the regional and thematic caucuses to assess the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the continent and engage More...
Liberation Movement And Vijah Opuama’s Petition: A Storm In A Tea Cup
By William Jumbo It is not ethical to discuss pending issues in court. However, the barrage of recent misleading, fallacious, defamatory, frivolous reports being fed the public by the deregistered Liberation More...
CRA Hails Court Verdict On Ese Oruru, Says Forceful Adoption, Convertion Christian Girls Must Stop
News Investigators/ The Christian Rights Agenda (CRA) has described as heart-warming, the judgment of a Federal High Court in Yenogoa, Bayelsa State, over the case of Ese Oruru, who was abducted, converted to Islam More...
Assembly Speakers Laud Buhari Over Financial Autonomy Order To Legislature, Judiciary
News Investigators/ Speakers of State Legislatures in Nigeria have lauded President Muhammadu Buhari for signing the Executive Order granting financial autonomy to legislatures and judiciaries of all states. In More...
Buhari Condoles With Sen. Kabiru Gaya Over Wife’s Death
News Investigators/ President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with Sen. Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya over the death of his wife, Halima Gaya. Mr. Buhari described late Mrs. Gaya as a “remarkable woman who dedicated More...
Buhari Appoints Godswill Obioma New NECO Registrar
News Investigators/ President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Godswill Obioma as Registrar/Chief Executive of the National Examinations Council (NECO). Head, Information and Public Relations More...
Eid-el-Fitr: Police Warn Clerics To Shun Inciting, Seditious Messages
News Investigators/ The Police Command in Sokoto State has warned Islamic clerics in the state to shun inciting and seditious preaching during the Eid-el-Fitr prayers. The State Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim More...
COVID-19 May Increase School Drop-Outs, Hinders Girl-Child Enrolment –Minister
News Investigators/ The Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen, says the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to affect girl-child education and increase number of school drop-outs in the country. Mrs. Tallen expressed More...
COVID-19: Military Trains Medical Personnel On Service Delivery
News Investigators/ The General Officer Commanding (GOC) 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, Lasisi Adegboye, has urged military medical personnel to respond appropriately to service delivery and safety concerns More...
Osun Assembly Passes Bill Forbidding LGAs’ Councillors From Impeaching Council Chairmen
News Investigators/ The Osun House of Assembly on Friday passed an amendment bill restricting local government areas’ (LGAs) councillors in the state, known as parliamentarians, from impeaching their chairmen. The More...
Covid-19: Gombe Commissions Isolation Centre In Kaltungo
News Investigators/ A sixty- bed capacity isolation centre has been commissioned by the Gombe state Government at Kaltungo General Hospital in its determination to expand the frontiers of containment measures against More...
Airstrike Destroys Boko Haram/ISWAP Terrorists’ Logistics Base
FCT/News Investigators/ The Defence Headquarters says the Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole (OPLD) on Monday, destroyed the logistics base of the Boko Haram/Islamic States of West Africa Province (ISWAP) More...
Oil Prices Climb As U.S. Stock Drawdown Eases Supply Glut Fears
News Investigators/ Oil prices advanced on Thursday as a drawdown of the U.S. crude inventories and output cuts by major producers helped ease concerns about a supply glut, though lingering fears over the global More...
Ramadan: Israel Donates Food Items To Support 770 Families, 3,400 Children
News Investigators/ The Embassy of Israel in Nigeria has donated 770 cartons of food items to 770 families and 3,400 children in Muslim communities in Nigeria to commemorate the 2020 Ramadan. Ambassador of Israel More...
FEC Approves N2.9bn For Procurement Of Fire Service Equipment For Odukpani Oil, Gas Park
News Investigators/ The Federal Executive Council (FEC), presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, has approved N2.9billion for the provision of water and fire service equipment for the National Oil and Gas More...
Rights Groups Seek Mental Evaluation Of Lagos Mother Who Killed Own Baby
News Investigators/ Human rights groups have appealed to the Attorney-General of Lagos State, Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN), to compel one Funmilola Adisa to undergo psychiatric evaluation for allegedly killing her More...
NiMet Predicts Cloudy, Thundery Weather Thursday To Saturday
News Investigators/ The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted cloudy and thundery activities from Thursday to Saturday. NiMet`s weather outlook released on Wednesday in Abuja, predicted cloudy More...
Just In: Buhari Sacks NECO Registrar, 4 Others
News Investigators/ President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the termination of the appointment of Prof. Charles Uwakwe as the Registrar/Chief Executive of the National Examinations Council (NECO). Also, four More...
Covid-19: EFCC Warns Against Scammers Who Promise Access To Govt Palliatives
News Investigators/ The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has advised Nigerians to be wary of fraudsters using the raging Coronavirus pandemic to defraud unsuspecting More...
Bureau-de-Change Operator Bags Seven Years Jail Term
News Investigators/ The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Kaduna Zonal Office on Wednesday, secured a seven years prison term of one Sadiq Mustapha without option of fine. This followed a judgement More...
COVID-19: We’ve Conducted 177 Tests So Far –Ekiti Govt.
News Investigators/ The Ekiti State government, on Monday, disclosed that a total of 177 tests had so far been conducted since the outbreak of COVID-19 in the state.The state Commissioner for Health and Human Services, More...
COVID-19: CBN, NNPC Move To Rescue Evacuees In Lagos, Abuja
News Investigators/ The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Monday agreed to fund the feeding and accommodation of evacuees in Lagos and Abuja. The minister More...
Waziri Bulama Sworn In As New APC Scribe
News Investigators/ The National Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, on Monday sworn in Waziri Bulama as the new acting National Secretary of the party. The Oshiomhole-led APC National More...
Lagos Discharges 15 More COVID-19 Patients
News Investigators/ The Lagos State Government on Sunday discharged 15 more patients who recovered and tested negative to Coronavirus. Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu said in a statement that a total of 623 patients More...
Full Economic Recovery May Require Coronavirus Vaccine, Says U.S. Federal Reserve Chief
News Investigators/ A full U.S. economic recovery might require a coronavirus vaccine and could take more than a year, Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell said on Sunday. “In the long run and even in the More...
Debtors Africa, Proshare, Unveil Searchable Database On Delinquent Debtors
News Investigators/ Debtors Africa, in partnership with Proshare, have launched an independent searchable database of recalcitrant and delinquent debtors in Africa. They also launched Debtors Report.Debtors More...
COVID -19 : Ganduje Slashes Political Appointees’ Salaries By 50 %
News Investigators/ Kano State governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has slashed the salaries of political office holders in the state by 50 per cent due to dwindling resources caused by COVID-19 lockdown.Chief Press Secretary More...
COVID-19: Police Prosecute 1,872 In Lagos Over Restriction Order Violation
News Investigators/ The Police Command in Lagos State on Sunday said it arrested 1,872 people in the last two weeks, over violation of the restriction order in place to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. The More...
Gov. Wike’s Loses Media Aide
News Investigators/ The Special Assistant (Electronic Media) to the governor of River State, Simeon Nwakaudu, is dead. Mr. Nwakaudu’s death was announced in a statement by the Commissioner for Information More...
Magu Bags ICAN Merit Award
News Investigators/ The Acting Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu has been honoured with the prestigious Institute of Chartered Accountant of Nigeria, ICAN’s More...
Military eliminates 27 Bandits Along Katsina/Zamfara Border –DHQ
News Investigators/ The Air Component of ‘Operation Hadarin Daji’ has eliminated 27 bandits and destroyed some of their dwellings, along the Nahuta-Doumborou Corridor on the border between Katsina and Zamfara More...
Customs Command At Tin-Can Port Generates N117.8Billion Revenue In 4 Months
News Investigators/ The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Tin-Can Island Port Command, Lagos, generated N117.8 billion between January and April 2020, by deploying Time Release Study (TRS) tool to aid trade facilitation More...
NAF Graduate 126 Special Force, Combat Search Rescue Personnel In Bauchi
News Investigators/ The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Friday graduated 126 Special Force and Combat Search and Rescue Personnel in Bauchi. The Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Saddique Abubakar at the combined More...
EFCC Hands Over Diezani’s Forfeited Property To Lagos Govt For Covid-19 Patients
News Investigators/ The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, handed over a property forfeited by former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Allison-Madueke to the Lagos State government More...
Kaduna Minority Tribes Urge International Assistance To End Killings
KADUNA/News Investigators/ The Southern Kaduna People’s Union (SAKOPU) has called on the international community to prevail on President Muhammadu Buhari to save their people from incessant killing by armed More...
LPG Penetration: FG To Roll Out Policy In June –Minister
News Investigators/ The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, says the Federal Government will roll out its policy on Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), also known as Cooking Gas, toward the end More...
We Deregulated Downstream Oil Sector In March —Sylva
News Investigators/ The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva says the downstream oil sector was deregulated on March 19, with the reduction in the pump price of the Premium Motor Spirit(PMS) More...
Commonwealth Scholars Association Congratulates Gambari
News Investigators/ The Commonwealth Scholars and Fellows Alumni Association, Nigeria (COSFAN), has congratulated its patron, Ibrahim Gambari, on his new appointment as Chief of Staff (CoS) to President Muhammadu More...
EFCC Docks Oyo Perm Sec Over Alleged N4.4Million Scam
News Investigators/ The Ibadan zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arraigned a Permanent Secretary in the Oyo State Ministry of Agriculture, Rasaq Kolawole, for allegedly defrauding More...
N7.74bn Alleged Fraud: Kenny Martins, Three Others Get June 30 Date
News Investigators/ The trial of Kenny Martins who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), for alleged N7.74bn Police Equipment Fund, (PEF), fraud has been rescheduled till June More...
Buhari Settles For Ibrahim Gambari As Chief Of Staff
News Investigators/ Former United Nations (UN) Under-Secretary General for the Department of Political Affairs (DPA), Ibrahim Gambari has been appointed the new Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari. Mr. More...
Legal Aid Council Handles 38 Cases In Kafanchan
KADUNA/News Investigators/ The Legal Aid Council of Nigeria says it successfully completed 38 cases in Kafanchan, Jema’a Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State in 2019.The Kafanchan Centre Coordinator of More...
NCDMB Probes Illegal Expatriates In Oil, Gas Sector, Warns Of Consequences
News Investigators/ The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) says it is intensifying efforts to monitor and evaluate activities toward identifying operators involved in illegal deployment of More...
COVID-19: FG Pays Nigerians On Scholarship Abroad
News Investigators/ The State Minister for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba has said that Nigerians on scholarship abroad have been paid through their various Embassies. Mr. Nwajiuba said this at the Presidential More...
Lagos COVID-19 Patients Increase To 1,861
News Investigators/ Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Akin Anatomy, on Monday announced that the number of COVID-19 patients across the state had increased to 1,861. Mr. Abayomi, a professor, who made the More...
Murder: 4 To Die By Hanging In Ekiti
ADO-EKITI/News Investigators/ An Ekiti High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti on Monday sentenced four accused persons– Rashidat Abdul (f) 37, Oluwatosin Akarakiri (m) 32, Abdulrasheed Mutairu (m) 22 and Iyoriochile More...
Moniya inferno: We’ll Rebuild, Allocate Shops To Owners, Makinde Assures Victims
News Investigators/ Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, on Monday, visited the scene of the fire incident that razed some shops at Moniya, Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State, on Friday, assuring victims More...
Covid-19: Yahaya Parleys Religious Leaders On Possible Re-Opening Mosques, Churches
GOMBE/News Investigators/ Following persistent calls for worship centres to reopen for congregational prayers, Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has met with religious leaders in the state, where he requested for More...
Edo Dep. Governor Debunks Report On COVID-19 Infection
BENIN CITY/News Investigators/ Edo Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, has debunked social media reports that he has tested positive for COVID-19. Mr. Shuaibu said this in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, More...
EXCLUSIVE: Jonathan Plots Bayelsa Dep Gov Removal, Godson Turnah As Replacement
News Investigators/ A political storm is brewing in the three month-old Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)- led government in Bayelsa State as certain political forces have begun moves to impeach the deputy governor More...
COVID-19: NCDC Activates 3 Additional Laboratories, Nigeria’s Total Labs Now 23
News Investigators/ The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said it has activated three additional laboratories in the country, bringing the total number of laboratories in Nigeria to 23. Director-General More...
We Will Strengthen Collaboration, Unity Of Nigerians In Diaspora -Dabiri Erewa Assures U.S-Based Nigerians
News Investigators/ Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has assured Nigerians living abroad that the commission will continuously work towards strengthening collaboration and More...
COVID-19 & KWADON ‘PROTEST’: Lest We Lose Sight of Task at Hand
By Ismaila Uba Misilli In the ongoing fight against the dreaded novel coronavirus disease, code-named COVID-19, different states in Nigeria, including Gombe State, adopted various measures, albeit in line with More...
COVID-19: 160 Stranded Nigerians Depart U.S. For Abuja
News Investigators/ The first of batch of Nigerians stranded in the United States due to the coronavirus pandemic are on their way back home.News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 160 Nigerians, including eight More...
Court Orders Final Forfeiture Of Army General’s N426.7m
News Investigators/ Justice Muslim Hassan of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Friday, May 8, 2020, ordered the final forfeiture of the sum of N426.7m belonging to Brig.-Gen. John Onimisi Ozigi(retd.) More...
Kunle Afolayan, Others Celebrate Veteran Actor, “Oga Bello” @67
News Investigators/ Some notable actors, including, Kunle Afolayan, on Saturday took to their instagram handles to celebrate a veteran actor, Adebayo Salami, popularly known as “Oga Bello” who clocked 67 years. They More...
COVID-19: Ex-speaker, Dogara Donates Food Items To Constituents
BAUCHI/News Investigators/ Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara has distributed foodstuffs to the poor and vulnerable members of his constituency by proxy. The Chairman of the distribution More...
EKEDC Deploys Mobile Power Transformer To Lekki To Boost Supply
News Investigators/ Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) has deployed one of its newly acquired mobile power transformers to Lekki as part of efforts to improve power supplyin the area.The General Manager More...
How Funke Osibodu’s BEDC Defied Minister, Governor To Perpetuate Darkness In Ikale
By Mike Adeniyi Omogbehin Ordinarily, I would have ignored the fabricated falsehood being peddled by some persons in government over the blackout in some local governments in Ondo South senatorial district especially More...
Kano Records 65 New Cases, Total Infection Hits 547
News Investigators/ Kano State Ministry of Health has confirmed that 65 new Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases had been recorded in the state. The ministry via its verified Twitter handle @KNSMOH, said that the development More...
Ghana Registers Over 500 Coronavirus Cases At Industrial Facility
News Investigators/ More than 500 workers at an industrial facility in Ghana have tested positive for the coronavirus, the country’s health service said, as total cases jumped by nearly 30 per cent in a single More...
Lockdown: Enugu CP Closes Motor Park For Abetting Illegal Boundary Crossing
ENUGU/News Investigators/ The Commissioner of Police in Enugu state, Ahmad Abdurrahman, has closed Ugwuoba Garki Modern Motor Park close to the Ugwuoba/Amansi land boundary of the state on Enugu-Oji River-Awka More...
Edo Without Allocation: The Quest For A Refreshing And Visionary Leadership
By John Mayaki According to Thomas Hobbes, life for man in the state of nature was, solitary, poor, brutish, nasty, and short. It was an era marked with great trouble as men, in their natural instinct for self-preservation, More...
Agro Export Will Pick Up, Says NAQS DG
News Investigators/ The Director-General, Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS), Vincent Isegbe, on Friday said the export of agricultural produce would soon pick up and gather pace. Mr. Isegbe said More...
2 U.S. Men Charged With Killing Black Jogger After Video Surfaces
News Investigators/ Two men suspected of ambushing a black jogger and shooting him to death during an altercation were arrested on Thursday, authorities in the U.S. state of Georgia said. Father and son Gregory More...
Woman Shoots At McDonald’s Staff As U.S. Tensions Rise Over Lockdown
News Investigators/ A woman in Oklahoma opened fire on McDonald’s staff after being told the restaurant’s dining area was closed during the coronavirus pandemic, police said. It was one of several cases More...
COVID-19: Nigeria Figure Rises To 3,526 With 381 New Infections
News Investigators/ Nigeria has recorded 381 new cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 3,526. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control(NCDC), confirmed this More...
COVID-19: Lagos Discharges 48 More Patients
News Investigators/ The Lagos State Government said that 48 coronavirus patients were discharged from four isolation facilities on Thursday, after testing negative twice for the virus. Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu More...
Polls: INEC Plans Modalities For Stakeholders’ Engagement In Edo, Ondo
News Investigators/ The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), said it would work out modalities for resuming engagements with political parties, civil society groups and other stakeholders in relation More...
COVID-19: PTF Wants Patients Follow Healthcare Providers’ Recommendations
News Investigators/ The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has advised those in isolation centres to follow the recommendations of their healthcare providers. Secretary to the Government of the Federation More...
COVID-19: Israel Donates 2,000 Protective Face Masks To Nigeria
News Investigators/ The Embassy of Israel in Nigeria has donated 2,000 protective face masks to Nigerian medical personnel to support their ongoing efforts against the COVID-19 pandemic. Mr Shimon Ben-Shoshan, More...
SWAN Hails Minister For Placing Rashidi Yekini’s Mother On Monthly Stipend
News Investigators/ Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) has commended the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare, for granting a monthly stipend to the mother of the late Super Eagles More...
No Fans In Dutch Stadia Until Vaccine Is developed –Health Minister
News Investigators/ Sporting events in the Netherlands will have to take place without fans in attendance until there is a vaccine for the novel coronavirus, Health Minister Hugo de Jonge says. The global pandemic More...
CRA Alleges Genocide Against Christians Plateau State
News Investigators/ The Christian Rights Agenda (CRA) has raised the alarm over the resurgence of mass killings, saying it is a deliberate plot aimed at exterminating indigenous Christians in Plateau state in north More...
PERSPECTIVE: Making Data Relevant To The Business
By Irene von Buddenbrock Data doesn’t work for everyone, so stop reading. It’s true, business intelligence (BI) tools and hype slipped sadly into the Gartner Trough of Disillusionment in 2012. It is also More...
COVID-19: CreditRegistry Offers Free N25m Credit To Lenders
News Investigators/ CreditRegistry, a credit bureau, says it is offering lenders free usage of its premium credit reporting service to cushion the effects of COVID-19 pandemic on businesses. CreditRegistry, More...
Yoruba Never Demand Nigeria’s Breakup —Prof. Akintoye
IBADAN/News Investigators/ A foremost Yoruba nationalist, Banji Akintoye, says the Yoruba people are only agitating for freedom but never demanded the break up of Nigeria. Mr. Akintoye, emeritus professor of More...
Buhari Pays Tribute To Yar’Adua, Salutes His Honest, Sincere Service
News Investigators/ President Muhammadu Buhari has extolled the virtues of late former President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, who also served as Governor of Katsina State for eight years, saluting his honest and sincere More...
COVID-19: Ramaphosa, Sirleaf Laud AfDB’s Adesina For Visionary Leadership
News Investigators/ South Africa’s President, Cyril Ramaphosa and former Liberian President, Ellen Sirleaf have commended Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), for his visionary More...
Senate Wants Decentralisation Of Nigeria Police Force
News Investigators/ The Senate has called for the decentralization of the Nigeria Police Force and strengthening operational strategies of community policing as a way of addressing problem of insecurity in the More...
Ganduje Appoints new Emir of Rano
News Investigators/ Kano State governor, Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje, has approved the appointment of Kabiru Muhammad Inuwa as the new Emir of Rano. The new Emir succeeds, Dr Tafida Abubakar Ila, who died on Saturday More...
Coronavirus: 1 Kano Doctor Dies As 34 Others Test Positive –NMA
News Investigators/ The Kano State Chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), on Tuesday said that 34 doctors have tested positive to the novel coronavirus in the state. The NMA Chairman, Sanusi Bala, More...
Covid-19: Buhari Urges Global Efforts To Mitigate Effect
News Investigators/ President Muhammadu Buhari says only a collective international approach will mitigate the devastating effect of COVID-19. Mr. Buhari, who stated this during a virtual Summit of Heads of More...
COVID-19: CAN Appeals To Govt. To Fumigate More Churches
News Investigators/ The Niger chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on Sunday appealed to the state government to fumigate more Churches across the state in order to curtail the spread of the COVID-19.Niger More...
COVID-19: Foundation Donates Sanitisers, Face Masks To Sokoto Correctional Centre
News Investigators/ The Fulani, Almajiri, Prisoners and Aged Persons Foundation (FAPA) has donated sanitary pads, hand sanitisers and face masks to inmates of Sokoto Correctional Centre. The News Agency of Nigeria More...
Buhari Mourns UNIPORT Students, Orders Intense Police Action
News Investigators/ President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the families of three University of Port Harcourt students reportedly murdered by their kidnappers and their bodies buried in a shallow grave More...
27 Police Personnel Attacked, Assaulted During Lockdown -IGP
News Investigators/ Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu said 27 police personnel had been attacked and assaulted by the public since the commencement of lockdown enforcement in the country. The Force More...
(Updated)CBN Halts Hubert Nwigwe’s Plan To Lay-Off Access Bank Workers
News Investigators/ The planned sack of workers by the Access Bank Plc has been put on hold by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Bankers’ Committee. The CBN decision is coming on the heels of announcement More...
Akintola’s Attacks On Makinde In Bad Blood -CPS
News Investigators/ The Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde, Taiwo Adisa, has described comments credited to a former governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Niyi Akintola (SAN), More...
COVID-19: Sanwo-Olu Decries Absence Of Data Nigeria, Says It Inhibits Good Governance
News Investigators/ Lagos State Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu says Lagos and the entire Nigeria need data as a very critical component for economic planning and good governance. A statement signed by the Chief Press More...
Buhari Appoints AVM Muhammed (Rtd) As New NEMA DG
News Investigators/ President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Muhammadu Muhammed, a retired Air Vice Marshall, as the new Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). Secretary More...
COVID-19: NCDC Sets For Ease Of Lockdown, Cautions Nigerians
News Investigators/ The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says it has taken steps to improve capacity for efficiency during gradual easing of lockdown induced by the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The More...
Buhari Condoles With Kano Govt., Emirate Over Emir’s Death
News Investigators/ President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with Kano State Government and the State Council of Chiefs over the death of the Emir of Rano, Tafida Abubakar. The President’s condolence message More...
